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Listen to our archived episodes: Pandora|LibSyn|YouTube Support the show: Patreon|PayPal: 1x or monthly|Square Cash * David Waldman is back! And so is Greg Dworkin! And they are hauling in two Rafts O’ Stories™! As you are aware, ExTwitter is full of...

The myth of political correctness is pervasive and persuasive in American society because it has become a fight to maintain the wrongs to which we grew accustomed. When, mainly, conservatives, libertarians, and so-called far-left liberals, who in some...

A promise broken on day one In August 2024, Trump said, "When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One." America is still waiting. Overall, inflation is a sticky 3%. In particular, citizens are paying 11% more for electricity...

I know people hate petitions but this needs support and has an actual target. With all the hype and b.s. this needs attention actionnetwork.org/...;

Tis the season to be jolly. Fa la la la, etc. That is, unless you are among the majority of Americans who suffering under the burden of Donald Trump's disastrous economic agenda that places the interests of regular people below those of Trump's wealthy...

In their book Abundance, Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson argue the Democrats lose elections to obvious MAGA-type fascist idiots because we make government so damn complicated it becomes ineffective. In other words, voters want the things Democrats say...

The Quantum Handshake Metaphor This is an Open Thread / Coffee Hour and all topics of conversation are welcome. And as a suggested topic, today lets talk about transactional handshake metaphor ...

A half-century ago, a now widely forgotten forerunner of Mad King Donald held sway. As a replacement for Richard “Not A Crook” Nixon’s first veep- the brazenly crooked, shamefully unpunished Spiro “Bag Man” Agnew- Gerald Rudolf ‘Not A Reindeer’ Ford...

By Trenz Pruca (Your faithful chronicler of human folly, political taxonomy, and the occasional well-timed sigh.) If political systems were animals, the modern world would look like an overfunded zoo run by a particularly careless graduate student....

I know, according to all the Internet buzz, ‘A.I.’ artificial intelligence is probably going to be Time Magazine’s ‘Person/thing’ of the Year this year, but wouldn’t it be awesome if they named Stephen Miller? For one thing, he has been behind every...

Interesting scenario developing that might result in us flipping the House early. Aaron Parnas has a good video on it: margin by date when what Rep–Dem if WE WIN now current status 219 – 213 Dec 3 TN-7 special 219 – 214 Jan 5 GA-14 MTG retires 218 –...

One of the exhibits in the Cowlitz County Historical Museum in Kelso, Washington features Spirit Lake, a popular tourist destination until Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980. Prior to the eruption ...

Since the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, the mainstream spent a long time just presenting it as something that was done with no preceding history. Over time, at least some of the mainstream has expressed disagreement with over-reaction by Israel. I would like...

Celebrity endorsements have been a feature in all types of advertising probably since the beginning of advertising. Maybe it's me but it seems like it's gone to a ridiculous level in the last few years. Wealthy celebrities getting even more wealthy...

I do not live in Boston. The nuance of the city’s politics is likely lost on me. The closest i came to Boston politics was working with an engineer who was Mayor Menino’s (RIP) brother in law who had some interesting insights. Like when his sister...

We're never going to hear the end of the Black Lives Matter protests or the Rodney King riots, but somehow you hardly ever hear about the Brooks Brothers Riot or the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association Riot. When people of color get righteously angry,...

Happy Moonday, Peeps!!� It’s gonna be a busy week, with Fangsgibbing on the way. So let us de-stress and kick back for a bit.� No worries, just lubs and laughs! If I fits, I sits…..AFTER fud,

Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, � River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player! Starting off in the Bistro Cafe,

Yet another staggeringly humiliating defeat for this remarkably incompetent, corrupt, and yes, almost certainly criminal Department of Justice. Their historic ineptitude, towering arrogance, and ravidly extreme and blind partisanship are some of the...